NanoSteel Presentation at PowderMet 2010 to Highlight How Bulk Materials Nanotechnology Can be Applied in Mainstream Industries

PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies, announces that a presentation highlighting how bulk materials nanotechnology can be applied as a surface technology for solving complex challenges in mainstream industries will be delivered by Daniel Branagan Ph.D., NanoSteel's chief technical officer, at the 2010 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PowderMet 2010) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 27-30.

Branagan will present "Bulk Materials NanoTechnology" during the Advances in Nanoparticle Science & Technology, Part 3: Nanostructured Coatings session at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29. The presentation will cover NanoSteel's technology progression from very thin physical vapor deposition coatings to thin thermal spray coatings and finally to thick weld overlays for hardfacing and wear plate. Branagan will also place emphasis on linking key mechanisms to their enabling nanoscale structures which result in the development of commercially exploitable properties including a revolutionary high hardness/toughness combination resulting in exceptional performance characteristics such as high resistance to corrosion, erosion and wear.

NanoSteel's patented Super Hard Steel® alloys for thermal spray coating and weld overlay for hardfacing and wear plate applications are examples of bulk materials nanotechnology applied to successful commercial products used in mainstream industries.

For more information about the PowderMet 2010 conference, visit www.mpif.org/Meetings/2010/10_gateway.htm.

The NanoSteel Company, Inc., headquartered in Providence, R.I., designs and sells a portfolio of patented nanostructured alloys for thermal spray coating and weld overlay for hardfacing and wear plate applications. NanoSteel's Super Hard Steel alloys feature a very unique combination of high hardness and high toughness properties which results in exceptional resistance to corrosion, erosion, impact and wear in a wide range of complex service environments. NanoSteel alloys are for use in power generation, mining, cement, concrete and oil & gas industries. For additional information, visit www.nanosteelco.com, e-mail NanoSteel at [email protected] or call toll free 1-877-293-NANO.

SOURCE The NanoSteel Company